Singer Gunnel Mauritzson, considered one of the foremost folksingers in Sweden, has her musical roots in the folk music from her native Baltic island of Gotland. She is also a composer of new songs and tunes, often built upon traditional folk music styles, injecting new music and lyric elements as the music moves across the genres. These qualities form the starting point for her collaborative Gotland Jazz Operation Project, V. 1, with jazz pianist Jean-Simon Maurin largely contributing music and Ms. Mauritzson lyrics, for the quartet (Yasuhito Mori, bass; Anders Hagberg, saxophone, flute).

After finishing her education and spending some years freelancing world, singer and composer Anna Lundqvist wanted to work exclusively with her own music and concept.She started ALQ as a quartet to fulfill this artistic quest.After the recording of their first album, pianist Fabian Kallerdahl replaced Daniel Fredar. At the same time saxophone player Björn Almgren joined in and ALQ went from a quartet to quintet.Since then they have released two further albums.TEN, ALQ's fourth and latest release, is a collection of 2014 live recordings celebrating their ten years together.

This Prophone double disc, covering most of the late Alice Babs career, reacquaints fans with this fantastic voice of Swedish jazz. Disc 1 focuses on songs sung in Swedish, disc 2 containing songs sung in English. One of Alice's many collaborators, Duke Ellington, composed several works in a sacred style especially for her. When these same works were performed without Ms. Babs, it took three different singers to cover the entire register. Alice Babs was named singer to the royal court in 1972, the first who had not come from an operatic background. Her final retreat from the stage came in 1980.

One of Sweden’s great jazz voices is back along with some of the country’s top musicians. A soulful unique voice, warmth and emotions characterize this mix of original compositions and exciting interpretations of music by Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, and George Gershwin. Elisabeth Melander writes of this project: “There was no real time for rehearsals so my intention from the beginning was to try to create a diverse, dynamic and harmonious atmosphere where the spur of the moment, playfulness and improvisation would bring the music forward. I wanted to create a “here and now” feeling together with musician friends, who I knew would put their own stamps on the songs…The warmth I feel for these great musicians and friends who gild each song is pure magic.”

T H-Trio was founded in 2002 by young talented musicians on the Swedish jazz scene. The trio does 70- 80 live concerts per year, with repertoire consisting of both original music and new arrangements of Swedish psalms. Their sound can be described as “poetic chamber jazz” where unity, interplay, improvisation are all important and vital.

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